"The most pure hippie culture in Taiwan!"

Food & Drink
Voodoo Doughnut's first Taiwan outlet is open in Taipei as of June 18—the first outpost in the Portland doughnut chain's huge Asian expansion plans in both Taiwan and Japan. It's the second Portland novelty doughnut chain to go east. Blue Star Donuts celebrated its Tokyo location's grand opening in April, and co-owner Micah Camden took the opportunity to look at girls' panties in vending ...
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Micah Camden wins the Portland race to sell doughnuts to the Japanese.

Food & Drink
Portland luxury doughnut shop Blue Star Donuts is opening in Tokyo this Friday, beating out Voodoo Doughnut in the great Portland race to sell weird doughnuts to Japan (item #5 in link).As first reported by Willamette Week last December, owners Micah Camden and Katie Poppe are partnering with California upscale mall maker Fred Segal in what they refer to as their "flagship international location." ...
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Live at Satyricon (Voodoo Doughnut Recordings)

Album Reviews
[GHOST OF PUNK PAST] In 1993, the year of this live
recording issued for the first time by Voodoo Doughnut’s boutique record
label, the grandparents of Portland punk would’ve been a spry 44
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"Dazed and confused" donut magnate rammed a porta-potty with his car

News
Tres Shannon had a pretty wild night last Aug. 22. When police arrived at 2250 NW Quimby St. at 1:28 am, they found Shannon, a co-founder of Voodoo Doughnut, "dazed and confused." His 1992 Mercedes was high-centered on the sidewalk, police wrote, pinning a Honey Bucket port-a-potty against a construction fence. A witness told police that Shannon, now 48, had "rammed the porta-potty with the rear ...
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3 months behind the counter at Voodoo Doughnut.

Cover Story
“TALKING SHIT ABOUT HALL & OATES WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.”
This
sign hanging next to the employee schedule at Voodoo Doughnut is
probably a joke, but I’m not quite
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Music
It was only a matter of time, really: Voodoo Doughnuts is starting a record label. I'm surprised it took this long. Having already helped turn Portland "weirdness" into a sellable, often phallic-shaped commodity, it makes sense that Voodoo would eventually get into the rock'n'roll business. Plus, owner Tres Shannon is no stranger to the Portland music scene: He ran the seminal X Ray Cafe ...
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Portland's finest coffee and doughnut pairings.

Food Reviews & Stories
I was nervous the first time, shuffling
my feet and crumpling the top of the paper bag as I waited for the
barista’s attention. “I want something that will go well with this,” I
offer caut
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It’s 4 am, do you know where your sandwich is?

Food Reviews & Stories
We know Portland teenagers are all tucked in bed by the
city’s curfew, which is 10:15 pm on school nights and midnight on
weekends. But if, hypothetically, they were out late—perhaps coming
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News
For the third consecutive election cycle, Old Town on Friday night witnessed one of the most extraordinary traditions in the race for Portland mayor: the Voodoo Doughnut eating contest.All three major mayoral candidates—Eileen Brady, Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith—appeared and paid homage to the 24-hour doughnut phenomenon run by entrepreneurs Tres Shannon and Kenneth "Cat Daddy" Pogson."They're ...
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Gossip filed as head of your household.

Scoop
R.I.P. THEORY: Portland MC and producer Gavin “Theory” Soens died
of cancer April 10. The 27-year-old was in his home, surrounded by
friends and family. Soens is best known for his band, Hives
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